The Future of Cross-Border Academic Mobilities and Immobilities
Power, Knowledge and Agency
Catherine Montgomery editor Professor Simon Marginson editor Aline Courtois editor Ravinder Sidhu editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:11th Dec '25
£90.00
This title is due to be published on 11th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Centres on academic mobilities and immobilities, examining the possible futures of academic border crossings and the potential for new transnational spaces of knowledge and innovation.
This open access edited collection brings together reflections on the fast-changing and crisis-ridden global context and develops new ways of conceptualising academic mobilities, and immobilities, against a backdrop of a conflicted and precarious future for global higher education. The result is a set of vivid cutting-edge contributions, some of which take a global view and others which explore a country perspective, including China, France, Malaysia, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, and more.
The book foregrounds critical approaches to academic mobility, with topics covered including blockages to mobility in the context of geopolitical tensions and the upsurge of national particularism and nativism, the intersection of academic (im)mobilities and power, political subjectivities and race, class and gender. Traditional understandings of academic mobility as physical mobility from global South to North are questioned as exclusionary and alternative models of mobility are offered. These include those appropriate to post-colonial national and regional contexts, those responsive to the changing needs of students, academics and their communities, those using online modes as well as those involving physical transfers of persons, and those about the mobility of knowledge as well as people and learning.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
This book takes an unflinching look at global student mobility, where some enjoy privilege and opportunity while others are forced to move or struggle simply to survive. It confronts hard truths about power, access, and higher education today. * Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Vice President for Arizona International and Dean of International Education Professor of Higher Education Arizona International THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA *
This is an impressive book, showcasing and drawing together the work of contributors from a wide range of countries and systems. It turns a spotlight on academia, and does not shy away from addressing difficult - yet pressing - societal issues. It is a vibrant and vital book and an essential read for those interested in the future of academic institutions and how they intersect with (im)mobilities, politics and society. * Johanna L. Waters (Professor of Human Geography, University College London) *
Over the past few decades, the idea of academic mobility has become entrenched in the discourses of international higher education. Given the rise of contemporary populism and nationalism, technological advancements, environmental crises, geopolitical tensions and intensifying social divisions, this timely book offers a range of critical essays that demonstrate the need to rethink the modalities of academic mobility in higher education. It examines the shifting conditions under which the norms of mobility and immobility are constituted, rendering them desirable, on the one hand, and possible, on the other. * Fazal Rizvi Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign *
If research universities have long relied on academic mobility, this impressive collection unpacks its dynamics, politics and impacts. Across nineteen richly detailed chapters, we learn about the need to theorise immobility as much as mobility, the consequences of conflicts for forced mobilities, and the importance of mobility justice for the future of universities. This is essential reading for all those committed to more equitable and sustainable forms of academic knowledge-making. * Dr. David Mills *
ISBN: 9781350502406
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336 pages